Two or Three Beats · Teacher pack
Hear two groups of three eighths or three groups of two.
beginner · 10 questions · 80 quarter-note BPM · Pack 710041
Print on A4 or Letter paper. The answer key starts on a separate page. Use your print dialog’s page range to give learners only the student section.
Teacher instructions
Play each numbered question from this page. Use the same replay policy for all learners. Keep the answer section separate until the first response is recorded. For tapping tasks, record an observation on paper; use the online trainer for device-timed scoring.
Start with the labeled lesson examples. Play each question at the printed tempo, record the first response, then allow a correction. Use the online trainer for a separate new-question check.
Student practice sheet
Name: __________________________ Date: __________________
Classify each accent cycle from more than one repetition. Do not infer grouping from how many seconds the excerpt lasts.
Question 1
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 2
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 3
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 4
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 5
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 6
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 7
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 8
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 9
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________Question 10
Listen for the stronger attacks. How are the six eighth notes grouped?
First answer: __________________________________________________Correction after review: ________________________________________
After practice
One distinction I can explain: __________________________________
One skill to revisit: __________________________________________
Teacher answer key
Two or Three Beats · Pack 710041 · 80 quarter-note BPM. These answers match the numbered student sheet.
Question 1
Two groups of three (6/8)
The stronger attacks fall every three eighth notes: ONE two three FOUR five six. These are two dotted-quarter beats in 6/8.
Question 2
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Question 3
Two groups of three (6/8)
The stronger attacks fall every three eighth notes: ONE two three FOUR five six. These are two dotted-quarter beats in 6/8.
Question 4
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Question 5
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Question 6
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Question 7
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Question 8
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Question 9
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Question 10
Three groups of two (3/4)
The stronger attacks fall every two eighth notes: ONE and TWO and THREE and. These are three quarter-note beats in 3/4.
Keep three observations separate
First independent responses: __________________________________
Corrections on the same questions: ____________________________
New-question check on a later set: _____________________________
Count the accent cycle in two new excerpts without carrying the previous grouping forward.